CVE-2022-21627

MEDIUM

Oracle VM VirtualBox < 6.1.40 - Authenticated Denial of Service in Core

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that are affected are Prior to 6.1.40. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.4 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202212-03

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (1)
oracle/vm_virtualbox < 6.1.40
Published Oct 18, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026